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CONTENTS Introduction PART 1 sprawl across the centuries 1 Defining Sprawl 2 Early Sprawl 3 Sprawl in the Interwar Boom Years 4 Sprawl in the Postwar Boom Years 5 Sprawl since the 1970s 6 The Causes of Sprawl PART 2 the diagnosis: three campaigns against sprawl 7 Early Anti-sprawl Arguments 8 The First Anti-sprawl Campaign: Britain in the Interwar Years 9 The Second Anti-sprawl Campaign: The United States in the Postwar Years 10 The Third Anti-sprawl Campaign: Since the 1970s PART 3 the prescription: remedies for sprawl 11 Early Remedies: From Anti-blight to Anti-sprawl 12 Postwar Anti-sprawl Remedies 13 Anti-sprawl Remedies since the 1970s Some Conclusions Acknowledgments Notes Bibliographic Essay Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Cities and towns -- Growth.
Land use.
Urban policy.
City planning.
Metropolitan areas.